Best of the Best
WINNERS: Sungold (7) and Rose de Berne (6).
RUNNERUPS: Purple Cherokee (4) and Stupice (4).

While Sungold won “Best of the Best” by one vote, Rose de Berne beat Sungold both in Best Flavor and prettiest. So I suspect bias, due to the order of questions in the survey data isn’t fair… cherry tomatoes are right before the Best of the Best.

Overall the votes were all over the map this year; for example, out of 30 entries, 19 different tomatoes got votes for best flavor, but 17 of those had just one or two votes each. Only three varieties got no votes in any category: Talledega, Green Grape, and Odoriko.

I had picked a Palestinian, but it was a beauty that weighed 2 pounds
1 oz. so we just admired it rather than cutting it up. Someone brought
in a single small Garden Peach, which we also set aside to look at.